20 years is a long enough time to write a good record. We think we did it, and it's called "Ardor." Now we just need to make it real.
For two years, all we have wanted to do is finish this record. There have been hurdles, cheap shots, protracted periods of financial ruin, and now we're eyeballing the finish line but our peg leg came off at the previous mile marker. It was hard enough being a peg leg pirate in a marathon, but this is just getting crazy.
We, Dorian, have a lyric present in a few places in the record: "This is a war." It began as a symbolic lyric about the struggles of love, but came to represent this process of recording our art. What we want, now, is to finish what we started. We're close. So close we can taste it. We want to win this war. What's left?
Mastering and duplicating physical copies. We've gotten pretty far on our own, we think, but there's some things better left to...erm...professionals that we just don't have the financial means for. There are a few options the band is deliberating on for mastering engineers, and the album art is coming along by Aaron Hatch, a designer based in Brooklyn, NY with a sparkling visual library behind him. The engineer and the artist can wrap up their work, and thusly, this record, as soon as we can pay them what they're worth. Or something close to that value.
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Funding Unsuccessful This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on March 19, 2011.
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Mar 19, 2011
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Phone call from a band member of your choice, expressing his deep gratitude.
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An autographed Dorian poster featuring original artwork by Aaron Hatch, designer of the album artwork. This will be a limited run, never to be printed again!
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Hand written lyric sheet from Austin from the song of your choice with a personalized thank-you note included.
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A skype chat with any band member(s) of your choice and a demo mp3 from the record as well.
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A written mention in album credits and a live acoustic performance of 2 songs via skype by Dorian.
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A hand-screen-printed Dorian t-shirt. This is a limited run, not to be reproduced. Also included will be a lyric sheet from a song of your choice and a photo of the band, signed by all members.
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Free entry to a Dorian show and a free t-shirt at that Dorian show, as well as an exclusive hang out with the band at that same show.
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A live acoustic performance of 3 songs before a Dorian show, as well as an exclusive bonus track not to be released on the record.
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An autographed hard copy of the record, a limited hand-screened t-shirt, a limited, signed poster, and an acoustic performance of 5 songs either via skype or in person, provided it can occur within a 2 hour drive of Tariffville, CT.
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Guest list entry at all Dorian shows and a recorded cover song of your choice. Also included are a copy of the record and a poster and a phone call from a band member of your choice expressing his gratitude or his opinions on any matter you wish to discuss.
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One private Dorian show within 4 hours driving distance from Tariffville, CT. Also included, of course, are a free copy of the record, a poster, a t-shirt, and a phone call of thanks from every band member.
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A specialized thank you in the album credits, a private Dorian show within 4 hours driving distance of Tariffville, CT, a copy of the record, a t-shirt, a poster, and a shout out at any show you are at that we perform as Dorian. Also included would be phone calls from band members to express their appreciation, and one day in-studio with Nick and Austin at the helm, producing and engineering your creations at their studio in Tariffville, CT (if applicable); otherwise, we will write and record a new song which will be provided to you before any formal release.
